When I moved in this house my neighbors did not have a dog. Then, a couple years later they had to move and they sold the house to a nice, older lady. She did not have a dog when she moved in, but one night she had a problem with a criminal attempting to break into her house. They thought no one was home because all the lights were out and there was no car in the driveway. Her house is set back from the road a good ways, and without even a nightlight or stove light left one, it looks empty or abandoned.

After the attempted robbery in which that guy was lucky he didn’t get killed because she did have a gun and she shot him while screaming into the telephone to the police to come help her, she decided to get a dog. It’s supposedly for protection, but the Golden Labradors are not known for their guard dog abilities. What are they going to do? Lick the burglar to death?

I don’t blame her for wanting a dog, but if it was truly for protection she should take it to be trained and it should not be left outside at night to bark and disturb all the neighbors. I have not figured out a polite way to approach her about this yet, but the constant barking at night when she is not home to stop it is driving me nuts.